Chiefs solid in 4-2 win over DeWitt/St. John's

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Nov 19, 2012 at 8:34 PMNov 19, 2012 at 8:35 PM

Cheboygan sophomore Austin Christie scored two goals, while freshman Adam Jeannotte added a goal and two assists to lead the Chiefs to their second victory of the season. “It's definitely a great way to start the season,” said Cheboygan coach Craig Coxe, whose team raced out to a 4-1 lead on Saturday. “The one thing we believe is that we can always get better, and I thought we really did that through both of these games we had this weekend. There's always room for improvement, but I really liked the way we played.”

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ALPENA — After a strong in their season opener performance on Friday, the Cheboygan varsity hockey team followed it up with another good showing on Saturday, capturing a 4-2 victory over DeWitt/St. John's to win their division in the Huron Shores Hockey Tournament in Alpena. Cheboygan sophomore Austin Christie scored two goals, while freshman Adam Jeannotte added a goal and two assists to lead the Chiefs to their second victory of the season. "It's definitely a great way to start the season," said Cheboygan coach Craig Coxe, whose team raced out to a 4-1 lead on Saturday. "The one thing we believe is that we can always get better, and I thought we really did that through both of these games we had this weekend. There's always room for improvement, but I really liked the way we played.""The younger players are coming along well, our veterans are doing a good job of helping mentor the younger kids and helping them make the transition easier. It's not easy to make a transition from Bantam hockey to high school hockey, but the older kids have stepped up and helped our younger guys."The Chiefs were solid from start to finish in the victory on Saturday, outshooting DeWitt/St. John's by a 48-16 margin. "The one thing I liked what we did was we just kept coming at them, kept coming at them, kept coming at them," Coxe added. "When we were up 4-1, we didn't just sit back, which tends to happen to some teams, but we didn't do that. It doesn't matter what the score was, I just wanted them to keep playing the same way they played when we had the lead. We just want to keep going from start to finish, that's our goal."Senior forward Sam Charboneau added a goal for the Chiefs (2-0), while seniors Stan Swiderek and John Garst each tallied an assist, and juniors Hunter Filice and Mike Castagne chipped in with an assist apiece. Cheboygan senior goaltender Nick Watson made 14 stops to lead the Chiefs in net. The Chiefs will look to get to 3-0 when they travel to Alpena for a contest tonight at 7 p.m. Coxe said the matchup will be the Chiefs' 'biggest test' so far in the early season. "Alpena is a very good team. They're big, they're physical and they have good speed," Coxe said. "They've got a very good line they have returning from last year's team. We are going to have our hands full and we better be ready to battle with them."